TIMEX AUTOMATIC WATCHES - AUTOMATIC WATCHES

Timex Automatic Watches

(Automatic watch) An automatic or self-winding watch is a mechanical watch, whose mainspring is wound automatically by the natural motion of the wearer's arm, providing energy to run the watch, to make it unnecessary to manually wind the watch. Most mechanical watches sold today are self-winding.

(automatic watch) A watch whose mainspring is wound by the movements or accelerations of the wearer's arm. On the basis of the principle of terrestrial attraction, a rotor turns and transmits its energy to the spring by means of an appropriate mechanism.

These watches are self winding mechanical watches. They have a rotor that includes a weight, which swings backwards and forwards with every movement of the wrist and winds the mainspring.

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Before Pic: Timex 1978 Military style watch with multi-color 24 hour dial. It has the 107 automatic movement. Front loading watch with only stem removal available when removing caseback. The watch was not working on arrival but started working a few days later.